The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-03-03

all night. II in addition the limbs be
washed with water, under the erroneous
ides that it is kindness. or. what Is
still more dangerous. cold water Is dash
ed on the limbs Of the animal. trouble
il almost sure to follow. The true pre-
ventivc Of scratches when the amin al
comes into the stable is to clean the
limbs thoroughly with water-warm
water being preferable and when the
limbs have been rubbed strongly for five
minutes encase them as high they are wet
in flannel bandages. Common scratch
Is are simply the result Of want Of roper
care and cleaning. In the morning
take off the bandages and clean the
limbs thoroughly with the horse-brush.
rubbing thers afterw ards with wisp Of
hay. or horse cloth. II not TO be
bandaged. il is better that the legs be
not washed but be allowed to standwith
the mud on until morning.
II scratches have already appeared
wash the limbs in strong CASTLE soap
suds water until the skin is thoroughly
cleaned. Then apply slippery-elm
polltice. with salt, in the proportion Of
/ pound Of ground slippery elm to. one
ounce Of salt. The heat having been
>lbdued, wash the limbs twice day
with weak solution Of salt and vinegar.
This will generally effect cure.
CURRENT NOTES.
II you believe in roughing it for the
stock try il yourself.
Keep tho stables warm enough but
keep them ventilated too.
Keeping the cold out keeps the hea,
| in and this saves food.
A few carrots daily are good fol
horses. II you have no carrots give q
few raw potatoes.
Cucunlbcrs If planted under some
slight protection may make gain o.
two weeks over those planted later.
II costs rs much to winter dog rs /
pig. Which will pay the best? Some
times the sheep will answer the quest
ton.
If you want to dry COW of just IL
something totrouble her mind ever,
time you milk her. Equal to a COLI
SILVER!
The Louisiana orange crop has beer
harvested and proves to be less thai
one-tenth of an average crop. Many
Florida oranges are for sale in New
Orleans, which has hitherto been an ex
porter Of the fruit.
| Don't spoil your horses, temper b.
losing your own. When both ma
and horse lose their temper at the sam
time the horse often comes out ahead
No rough, boisterous. noisy. quick-tem
pered, swearing man is fit to hav
charge Of horses, cattle, or sheep
Hogs are not SO sensitive to such trea,
mcnt.
Much controversy as to the injur
plants in warm houses are supposed t
receive from being watered with coli
water. We have never seen the Sigh,
est injury to the plant by cold water
but it retards Towering. In case
where the plants are required to blool
early, warm water is a great advantage
Outside OF this the ordinary pun
water is good enough for watering.
At recent meeting of the Pencil
scot (Me.) Farmers Club, Mr.. Eliza
Comins said: Il would recommen
that stock be kept off the mowin
field all seasons Of the year. When "
practiced feeding our moving fields v
cut from thirty to forty tons of hay
year; now we cut from seventy
. eighty tons, and it is due to a gre.
extent to not fall feeding our mowin
fields.
s A fruit-grower found that by maxim
a frame six inches in diameter and 81.
teen feet long. with half-inch hole
|. bored on the sides and top. and Il
: frame placed in the centre Of a matte
row of strawberries, and filled wit
water from one end every day, tn,
: the quality and size Of the fruit wei
largely increased.
Sir John b. Lawes says the Germa
experiments upon cooked and uncooke
food for stock do not show any cles
evidence in favor of the former, an
the process OF steaming and otha
J modes Of converting dry food into su
| culent food have never become POI
ular among practical farmers in En-
land.
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